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Ashanti Region records 27 tragic illegal mining cases

The Ashanti Region has recorded 27 tragic cases of residents in mining areas falling and dying in abandoned galamsey pits as of December 22,...

Government needs your support to deal with galamsey – Akufo-Addo to farmers

Farmers are being pushed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to join the fight against galamsey, or illegal mining. President Akufo-Addo remarked that farmers and...

Government to set up task force on rivers to end illegal mining

A task force will be established by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to keep an eye on unlawful mining near the nation's...

Aisha Huang used forged marriage certificate to obtain residence permit – Witness tells court

A superintendent of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), David Essien has told an Accra High Court that Aisha Huang used a forged marriage certificate...

Six illegal miners at Dormaa East granted ₵150k bail each

Six illegal miners arrested at Dormaa East in the Bono Region have each been granted GH₵150,000.00 bail with one surety to be justified for...

Banning small-scale mining won’t end galamsey – Former Minerals Commission boss

A former Director of the Minerals Commission, Richard Kofi Afenu, says he disagrees with calls for the government to ban small-scale mining in the...

Operation Halt II seizes 30 excavators, arrests 8 suspected illegal miners

Personnel from the Operation Halt II team have seized 30 excavators believed to have been used in illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey Phase...

Police in South Africa discover 21 bodies at the Krugersdorp mine

Police in South Africa are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies of suspected illegal miners near an active mine in Krugersdorp, west...

No amount of fasting and prayers can stop galamsey – Bishop Adonteng Boateng

A Ghanaian American-based preacher, Bishop Adonteng Boateng, has called on all stakeholders, including members of the clergy, to adopt a concerted approach in the...

Aisha Huang sells spare parts; she is not involved in galamsey – Effah Dartey

Lawyer of Aisha Huang, Nkrabeah Effah Dartey, has said his client is engaged in the sale of spare parts contrary to claims that she...

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